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To: Pamela Murray who wrote (13497)	7/25/2000 10:56:10 PM
From: bob	Respond to of 18366

It looks as though there might be a QDesign/EDIG player on the market this fall. Found this post on the new leaderforums board from Murrayhill who attended the recent music expo in NYC. Subject: MERIT/MAYCOM player From: murrayhill Date: Tuesday, July 25, 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi Moxa! The Merit/Maycom 2000 was in the Qdesigns booth. It was, as in the pictures we've seen from their website, palm size, rectangular and business-like in its features. The ''Q'' rep, who was their product manager, described it as being the EDIGITAL reference design. It featured the latest TI chip (???16), and was set up, specifically to a/b mp3 and qdesign codecs. There were several music selections loaded: among them - Bizet's Carmen (I passed), some fusion jazz (passed) and the everpresent Dire Straits tune that every damn codec creator uses! (i chose it, since I'd already listened to four other codecs play that selection in another location. Frankly, even though they had a fully enclosed (studio type) set of headphones, the ambient drone of the crowd at the expo permeated the sound of the music, and I made no attempt to judge the quality of the two codecs. Actually, the bit rate was very low, and the ''Q'' codec seemed to have a built in advantage because when I selected it, it was a lot louder than the mp3. I hope this company from Vancouver is successful with their marketing plan, because as an EDIG ''partner, what's good for QDESIGN is good for us.'' The player was described as a prototype, and the product manager said that he felt it still had some bugs to be worked out, and in his opinion would be marketed by late September. Apparently, he has a relationship with Maycom people. More about that player, later, when I discuss the rather lengthy conversations that I had with TI representatives. cheers? MH --------------------------------------------------------------------------------